The Tongue-cut Sparrow (Japanese Fairy Tale)

Titles

Shitakiri Suzume
舌きりすずめ

Artist Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Publisher Sanoya Kihei < Sanoki > Kikakudō (c. 1710s~1910s)

Datec. 1843 - 1847

GeographyJapan

MediumWoodblock print (Nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of James A. Michener, 1991 (23421)

Object number23421

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Collections

Asian Art: Japanese Woodblock Prints

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